Doha, 8 November: With less than three weeks to go, the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) has intensified its preparations to take centre stage and host Qatar’s largest conference to date – the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change 2012 (COP18/CMP8). The event which will take place from 26 November to 7 December is expected [...]

Doha, 7 November: The Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) Qatar chapter has announced the appointment of Mohamed Jaidah as President to EO Qatar for the 2012-2013 year, under the international Entrepreneurs Organisation. The organisation brings together some of the most influential and socially aware entrepreneurs in Qatar, in an attempt to help their members learn and grow [...]

Doha, 25 October: As part of Qatar’s investment and long-term commitment to the environment, the Qatar Sustainability Network (QSN) was officially launched in Doha yesterday. At the launch, Nadia Aboul Hosn interim board member at QSN outlined the mandate as a network to cultivate a culture of research, science, and sustainability through active engagement of civil [...]

Doha, 23 October: The most important issue for people in the Gulf region is whether their country is heading in the right direction for its system of governance to become durable and sustainable, fully supported by its people and capable of being defended from internal and external threats. In The Arab Spring and the Gulf States, [...]

Doha, 24 October: Katara, the Cultural Village and Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing announced yesterday that a memorandum of understanding had been signed that is set to reaffirm Doha’s stature as a growing intellectual and media hub in the region.Both organisations will work in partnership to initiate and support cultural activities through the development, production and distribution [...]

Doha, 23 October: As Qatar celebrates the unveiling of its National Research Strategy, a group of Northwestern University in Qatar faculty and students are supporting the drive to a knowledge-based economy with research that will help institutions close the digital divide and provide a groundbreaking source of information for scholars of digital literacy. ‘Effective use of [...]

Doha, 20 September: The Global Islamic Finance market is set to double in size between 2011 and 2015 with the sector increasingly viewed as a real alternative to conventional finance, according to Standard & Poor’s (S&P). Stuart Anderson, Managing Director & Regional Head, Middle East at Standard & Poor’s said “Issuers and investors have realised [...]

Both Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg have launched their own version of a global Islamic sukuk market index today. From Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Thomson Reuters announced their Global Sukuk Index, “to be used to monitor the performance of the sukuk market” while from Kuala Lampur Bloomberg launched their Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) corporate sukuk [...]